Combination cobbler and bent-wood roll chair-seat.



No. 655,207. Patented Aug. 7, I900.

5. A. BENNETT; COMBNATIUN CUBBLER AND BENT W000 BULL CHAIR SEAT.

(Application filed Jan. 4, 1900.

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FRED DENNETTyOF stinno-reAiv;W scons n, ASSIGNOR TO THE WIS- CONSIN CHAIR COMPANY, or roar WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ma No. 655,207, dated. August 7, 1900. I Application filed January 4. 1900. Serial No. 314. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, FRED A. DENNETT, a citizen of the United States of America, re siding at Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin; have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Cobbler and Bent-Wood Roll Ghair Seat, of which the following is a specification. I My invention relates to improvements in seats for chairs, andparticularly to the com-. bination of a cobbler and bent-wood rolled seat. I

One object f this invention is to produce a combination of a bent-wood rolled seat and a cobbler-seat, the surface of which around the opening for the cobbler-bottom will be made of veneer.

A further object of my invention is to produce a cobbler-seat consisting of a frame; which will be made of cheap or waste material covered with veneer around the opening for the cobbler-bottom.

These objects I attain by the construction set forth in the specification and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top'view of my invention, showing the supporting-ledge for the cobblerbottom. The veneer surface and roll front are also shown in this view. Fig. 2 is a View in cross-section taken on line 2 2 in Fig. 1 and shows a cobbler-bottom in place on its supporting-ledge. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of I my invention and shows the construction of the frame to which the veneer surface is secured. Fig. 4 is a detail view in cross-section taken on line 4 i in Fig. 3.

The surface 1 of my seat is preferably formed of one sheet of several-ply veneer built up in any desired manner and bent over in front to form a r0112, which may be of any curve or design; The frame of the seat to which this veneer top is secured is preferably built up ofthe backpiece 3, the side pieces 4 and 5, and the frontpiece 6. The back piece will extend out flush with the veneer at the back of the seat. The front piece 6 will preferablyextend only to the roll. The frame will extend out on each side to the edge of the seat, and on each side, below the frame,

extending from the curve of the back, are

bracingpieces 7 and 8 These bracing-pieces are preferably curved at their front endsto conform to the curve of the roll and abut against the under side of the veneer and are secured to the same by nails or other suit able means; These bracing-pieces are also secured to the frame and help to hold the same together, besides forming wide abutting surfaces for the sides of the seat. Each side of 6c the seat is provided with two cut-out grooves 9 and 10. near the front and rear. These grooves are made in the frame-pieces, and the outer face of each is in thesame plane as the inner edgeof'the bracing-piece adjacent to it. 1 Through the frame, between each groove and the side of the seat and lying partially in the frame proper and the brace, a hole 11 is made,through which bolts or other elements may pass to secure theseat to the side racks of the chair in which the seat is to be used.

In constructing the seatit is preferable to 7 cover the frame, which will be built first, with the veneer and then to turn out the opening or circular hole 12 for the reception of the cobbler-bottom 13,which in Fig. 2 is shown secured to a supporting-ledge 14,formed of the frame pieces. The cobbler bottom, which may be made of wood, leather, or other suitable material, may be secured to the supporting-ledge in any desired manner.

In the drawings I have shown the edge of the veneer around the bottom-opening round: ed, as at 15, which is done so as to overcome the difficulties encountered in forming a neat 8 5 joint when this edge is squared on account of the irregularities in the bottoms.

From this it will be seen that I have produced a combination cobbler and bent-wood roll-seat, a seat which will have a very neat 0 and substantial appearance on accountof the veneer surface and which at the same time will be cheap to manufacture and forms a means of utilizing waste material.

I wish it to be understoodthat a cobbler- 5 I seat constructed in this way without the roll front will come within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is--=- 1. In a seat for chairs in which the surface of the seat is formed of veneer provided with an opening for a bottom, a chair-bottom, and l a supporting-frame for said veneer and said bottom provided with grooves adjacent to two sides thereof." i r r 2. In a seat for chairs, a frame portion supporting a chair-bottom, side braces secured to said frame portion, grooves in the frame portion adjacent to the side braces and a veneer covering for the frame.

3. In a seat for chairs a frame portion sup porting a cobbler-bottom, side braces secured I to said frame portion, grooves in the frame adjacent to the side braces and a veneer covering for the frame bent over in front to form a combination roll and cobbler seat.

Signed by me at Port Washington, Wisconsin, this 18th day of December, 1899.

FRED A, BENNETT;

Witnesses OSCAR KOENIG, J ULIAN ZILLIEB. 

